Cotton-picker&#39;s shade.



No. 659,!!4. Patented Oct. 2, |900. A. VOURHIES.

SUTTON PICKERS SHADE.

(Application man .my e, 1900.)

2 Sheets-Sheet l.

(No Model.)

No. 659,|l4. Patented Oct. 2, |900. A. VHHIES.

COTTON PICKEBS SHADE.

(Application med .my e, 1900.)

2 Sheets-Shed L NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXIS VOORHIES, OF NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA.

COTTON-PICKERS SHADE- SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No.659,1 14, dated October 2, 1900.

Application i'lled July 6, 1900.

T0 @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXIS VooRHIEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Iberia, in the parish of Iberia and State of Louisiana,have invented a new and useful Cotton-Pickers Shade, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to shades for cottonpickers, and has for itsobject to provide an improved device of this character which isportable, so that it may be moved along the rows of cotton to protectthe picker from the rays of the sun. It is furthermore designed toprovide an improved form of frame which may be conveniently taken apartfor shipment and storage', also folded to pass through narrow gateways,and adjusted to accommodate the device to rows of diierent widths.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts,l as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings,and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacricing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the frame of theimproved shade. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation thereof, taken in theplane of one of the cross-bars. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a modifiedarrangement of the cover of the device. Fig. 4 is a longitudinalsectional elevation thereof.

Corresponding parts are designated by like characters of reference inall of the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that the irameof the device comprises the crossed frame-bars l and 2, which areprovided at their opposite ends with the pendent standards 3, havingcaster- Wheels 4t at their lower ends, so that the device may beconveniently pushed along the rows of cotton'asthe picker proceeds withhis work. Each cross-bar is formed by two lengths of metal pipe, as bestshown in Eig. 2, which are connected by means of a short tubular.

Serial No 22,712. (No model.)

coupling 5, which has its opposite ends interiorly screw-threaded forthe reception of the correspondinglyscrew-threaded inner ends of theopposite pipe-sections. These couplings are preferably substantially T-shaped, the lower of which is inverted, so that the outer ends of thevertical branches thereof may lie in contact,and are provided withintermeshed teeth, as indicated at 6 in Fig. l, so as to preventaccidental turning of the couplings one upon the other. The couplingsare furthermore connected by means of a clamping pivot bolt or pin 7,which passes downwardly through the vertical branches of the couplingsand is provided with a winged nut 8 upon its lower projecting end, so asto draw the couplings together, and thereby insure a tight intermesh ofthe teeth thereof, whereby the crossed bars are securely connected andmay be adjusted to assume any desired angle,

according to the wid th of the rows upon which the shade is to be used,and the frame may be folded for shipment or for passing through narrowgateways.

At the outer end of each cross-bar there is provided an elbow 9, whichhas its opposite ends interiorly screw-threaded for the reception oftheadjacent cross-bar and the adjacent standard, respectively. Extendingloosely and transversely through the elbow and between the adjacent endsof the cross-bar and the standard is a bolt 10, which has its upper endbent into a substantially U-shaped hook ll, the extremity of which isloosely received within a suitable perforation in the outer side of theelbow. The opposite end of the Vbolt is screw-threaded and projects atthe inner side of the frame and is provided with a suitable nut 12,whereby the hooked end of the bolt may be drawn downwardly toward theelbow. An endless brace rope or cable 13 passes through the hookedportions of the several bolts 10, and the nuts l2 are tightened, so asto bind the hooked portions 11 against the rope, so as to ix the latterat different points, and thereby relieve the central adjustableconnection of the frame members of considerable strain. Any suitablewaterproof covering or canopy 14 is stretched over the frame and thebrace-rope and secured IOO thereto in anysuitable manner. Each standardis furthermore connected to the adjacent cross-bar by means of abracerod l5.

In the form of the device shown in Figs. 3 and -Lt the upper cross-bar 2is preferably the longer and is provided at opposite ends with four-waycouplings lo, the standards being connected to the pendent branchesthereof. A wooden bar 17 is passed through the alined horizontalbranches of each coupling, and the opposite ends thereof are providedwith suitable eyes 1S, to which are connected the opposite ends of therespective longitudinal brace ropes or cables 19. The cover or canopy 2Ois formed of any suitable waterproof material and has its opposite endsprovided with a series of rings or gromets 2l, through which are passedshort strands of ropes 22, which are fastened about the adjacent endbars of the frame. By this arrangement of parts the cross-bar l isentirely independent of the other cross-bar, so far as the brace-cableis concerned, in order that the former bar may be conveniently swung oradjusted upon the central connection, so as to accommodate its oppositewheels to rows of dili'erent widths without unfastening or interferingwith other parts of the device.

The outer ends of the cross-bar l of the form shown in Figs. 3 and etare braced by means of the opposite brace ropes or cables 23, which havetheir opposite ends fxedly connected to the corresponding ends of theopposite end bars 17, the intermediate por tion of each brace passingthrough a hooked or U-shaped fastening 24E, similar to the fastening ll,(shown in Figs. 1 and 25, said fastening being preferably locatedadjacent to the lower end of the adjacentstandard ofthe bar l. It willof course be understood that this fastening may be loosened, so as topermit of the adjustment of the cross-bar, as indicated in Fig. 3, andthen tightened to Iirmly brace the bar in all positions thereof.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the presentinvention provides an exceedingly light and durable canopy-frame, whichis mounted upon caster-wheels, so that it may be conveniently pushedalong by the picker, who works beneath the shade of the canopy; also,the frame is adjustable to accommodate the device to rows of cotton ofdifferent widths and to collapse the frame for storage and shipment andto enable the device to pass through narrow gateways. W hile the shadehas been primarily designed and described as a cotton=piclers shade, itis obvious that it may be used for picking any kind of fruit orvegetables and to provide a portable shade and protection from theweather for use under various circumstances.

What is claimed isl. A portable canopy or shade, comprising crossedframe-bars, having wheeled supports, an adjustable connection for thecrossed portions of the bars, and a cover for the frame.

2. A portable canopy or shade, comprising crossed frame-bars, havingwheeled supports, an adjustable clamping pivotal bolt connecting theintersecting portions of the bars, and a cover for the frame.

3. In a portable canopy or shade,a frame, comprising crossed bars, eachof which is formed by opposite pipe-sections, and an intermediateT-coupling, the lower coupling being inverted, and the outer ends of thevertical branches of the two couplings being toothed and intermeshed,and an adjustable clamping-bolt passing through the vertical branches ofthe couplings, standards at the opposite ends of the crossed bars,wheels at the lower ends of the standards, and a cover stretched overthe crossed bars.

4. A portable canopy or shade, comprising crossed fram e-bars, having anadjustable pi votal connection at their intersection,wheeled supportsfor the opposite ends of the bars, a brace cable for the bars, and acover stretched over the frame.

5. A portable canopy, comprising crossed frame-bars, wheeled supportsfor the bars, bolts passing loosely through the supports, one end ofeach bolt being provided with a rebent hook, the extremity of which'isreceived within a perforation in the frame, a nut for the opposite endof the bolt, a cablebrace held within the hooked portions of the bolts,and a cover for the frame.

6. A portable canopy or shade, comprising crossed andpivotally-connected frame-bars, standards at the outer ends of the bars,caster-wheels carried by the standards, and a cover stretched over theframe.

7. A portable canopy or shade, comprising pivotally connected crossedframe bars, wheeled supports for the opposite ends of the respectivebars, end bars at the opposite ends of one of the crossed bars, and acover connected to the end bars only.

8. A portable canopy or shade, comprising pivotally connected crossedframe bars, wheeled supports for the opposite ends of the bars,transverse end bars at the opposite ends of olle of the crossed bars,cable-braces between rcspective ends of the opposite end bars, and acover, having detachable connections at opposite ends with therespective end bars only.

9. A portable canopy or shade, comprising crossed andpivotally-,connected frame-bars, four-way couplings at the opposite endsof one of the bars, wheeled standards connected to the pendent branchesof the respective couplings, and other wheeled standards connected tothe opposite ends of the other crossed bar, transverse end bars passedthrough the horizontal branches of the respective couplings,cable-braces between the respective ends of the opposite end bars, and acover detachably connected to the end bars only.

lO. A portable canopy and shade, comprising crossed andpivotally-connected frame- IOO IIO

bars, wheeled standards at the opposite ends of the frame-bars,transverse end bars at opposite ends of one of the frame-bars, flexiblebraces extending from corresponding ends of the opposite end bars,adjustable fastenings carried by the standards of the other framebar andadj ustably receiving the intermediate portions of the respectivebraces, whereby the frame-bars may be adjusted upon theirpivotal'conuection, and a cover fitted over 1o the device.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALEXIS VOORHIES.

Witnesses:

S. THOMAS, C. L. Pnovosr.

